In the final hours of 2024, the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk suddenly went dark. Its electric grid, long battered by Russian drones and artillery, failed on Monday for what the city's military administration said would be the last time.
"The past year has been extremely difficult," local officials said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. "We started 2024 with hope but the community has faced large-scale destruction."
Already thousands of civilian residents, believed by officials to still be hanging on in Pokrovsk, were enduring the winter and the war without running water. Gas pipelines used to heat homes and businesses have also been shut down.
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